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[MechWarrior9376871]

They were too "Arcadie". Power ups and repairs like a freaking Mario Game.

[Burktross]

MATRAKA14, on 02 January 2015 - 04:02 PM, said:

Its mario kart a bad super mario game?
its just an spin off, they are not the same type of game but they have the same characters.
it's mario kart an insult to super mario franchise?

This pretty much sums it up.

911 Inside Job, on 02 January 2015 - 05:53 PM, said:

They were too "Arcadie". Power ups and repairs like a freaking Mario Game.

And mechwarrior 3 didn't have 10 second MFBs?

[FupDup]

Mechassaults 1 and 2 didn't even have repair bays. They had health powerups, yes, but not actual repair bays like MW3 and MW4 did.

[ToxinTractor]

People seem to hate on the MechAssault games for the wrong reasons.. of all of the things to complain about- the original material that the game was to be made around not being followed is not a reason to condemn a game. game play wise, it was a polished game that had a lot of time put into it and in turn was a good game for the xbox. It had a pretty neat sound track, and the mechs them selfs where awesome, personally I would have loved to see more of this franchise even if it had wacky things like charge up PPCs and plasma PPCs. (Oh and the giant end boss mech that you fight in mechassault 2.)

If a game is well made and polished we as a gaming community shouldnt all condemn it because it didnt follow the source material.

To be fair though, this is what got me into mechwarrior. I never would have found mechwarrior living legends and gotten into the mechwarrior universe with out it.

Too many bitter people getting offended when some one doesnt follow a old book to the letter.

[Suko]

Mech Assault was FUN. That's all I need from any game. Having a Mad Cat in it just made it that much better.

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Mech Assault helped bring me into the Battle Tech universe, even if it is an abortion.

Still. It did introduce me to what would be my favorite Omni-mech:

[Ovion]

I enjoyed Mech Assault.
2 especially.
And I'd already played MW2, 3, 4, MA1, 2. (Can't remember if Megamek yet by then)

Yes it was a silly game, but it was a fun game.

And honestly, I really like the idea of being able to get out of the mech.

I'd legitimately like to see it in MWO.
The ability to eject and walk around.
Give em a semi-auto pistol with say, 20 rounds that do 0.01 damage for a giggle.
Would give an amazing sense of scale.

Not going to happen, nor probably should it at the end of the day due to the work needed, but it'd look great.

Actually have an original Xbox set up on a 13" TV next to my computer that I've been playing MA2 on again lately.

Edited by Ovion, 03 January 2015 - 02:08 AM.

[MATRAKA14]

scale was nice, maybe lights were on the losing end.








Forcing the ejjection.

Sigilum Sanctum, on 02 January 2015 - 11:40 PM, said:

Mech Assault helped bring me into the Battle Tech universe, even if it is an abortion.

Still. It did introduce me to what would be my favorite Omni-mech:

ToxinTractor, on 02 January 2015 - 11:08 PM, said:

personally I would have loved to see more of this franchise even if it had wacky things like charge up PPCs

Just like charge up gauss mechanic in mwo XD

Edited by MATRAKA14, 03 January 2015 - 06:19 AM.

[Roughneck45]

MATRAKA14, on 03 January 2015 - 06:17 AM, said:

*awesome pictures*

I did really enjoy the mech designs in those games

[Tordin]

I only played the first. It was a nice arcadic Battletech game. What was the best about it? Well it was a really good. fast paced break from the more simulated, slow paced Mech Warrior games.

The first time I met that Blake Ragnarok, it was scary as all hell, it got freaking LAVA guns for madness sake! As I remember you had to take out.. 4 other mechs with your single one, before you could take it down, arena style!

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I'd legitimately like to see it in MWO.
The ability to eject and walk around.
Give em a semi-auto pistol with say, 20 rounds that do 0.01 damage for a giggle.
Would give an amazing sense of scale.

It would be a gift from the developer gods and godesses indeed!

Imagine escaping from your nearly destroyed Jagermech thanks to an Hellbringer while, running adrenaline filled through a forest (with collision an being destructible) to find some cover for planning on payback. Escaping by calling a dropship or something.

Edited by Tordin, 03 January 2015 - 06:34 AM.

[STEF_]

MATRAKA14, on 02 January 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

I feel the need of cleaning the name of this excellent spin off.
I tried mechassault and played mechassault 2 a lot.
They are good titles and excelent spin-offs with a quality that other franchises would wish to have.

Sorry but.... no.

[Ovion]

ToxinTractor, on 02 January 2015 - 11:08 PM, said:

personally I would have loved to see more of this franchise

There is actually a third title, though exlcusive to the Nintendo DS.

I actually own the game and keep meaning to play it....

[MATRAKA14]

I loved the uziel in those games





it would be so cool to take it in mwo, not in 3050 what a shame.

[Zerberus]

Mechassault would have been a decent game if it didn`t assume to be anything even remotely Battletech.

Using the BT IP for that game was an insult to any fan of the franchise IMO, and I dare theoorize one of the nails in the mech-genre coffin that PGI managed to pry open for MWO.

[FupDup]

Zerberus, on 04 January 2015 - 11:13 AM, said:

Mechassault would have been a decent game if it didn`t assume to be anything even remotely Battletech.

Using the BT IP for that game was an insult to any fan of the franchise IMO, and I dare theoorize one of the nails in the mech-genre coffin that PGI managed to pry open for MWO.

Fun fact:
PGI took the idea for the "River City" map from Mechassaults 1 and 2 (which featured River City and New River City). PGI of course changed the specific design, but the overall idea of two cities separated by water, and the name "River City," was taken straight from Mechassault. MA2's version was also at night time, which might have inspired River City Night in MWO.


They might have also taken the name of the Conquest mode from MA2, but MA2's version of Conquest was more like its own version of CW rather than just capturing oil rigs like MWO's.

Edited by FupDup, 04 January 2015 - 11:25 AM.

[Max Liao]

Aethon, on 02 January 2015 - 08:52 AM, said:

MechAssault was a good generic action game.

It was a terrible Battletech game.

Just like MWO.

No, worse than MWO, but both are terrible "Battletech" games.

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

I enjoy the games.

They are not what I am looking for in a "Battletech" lore based game.

Thus, I "Hate" MechAssault as a series, for screwing up Battletech Lore and holding back Mechwarrior 5 [because Microsoft saw more money in the MA franchise than in MW]

So there are reasons for the dislike. I hope you understand that had Mech Assault continued to be profitable, we'd probably still be waiting for a new mechwarrior.

[Xetelian]

I support Mechassault as a good game

[SM930]

Mechassult is what got me in to battletech, if I never played it I would never have even known what battletech was


and unlike the older mechwarrior games I still have fun playing it today

[lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol]

Sorry, this was the better.